DISCOVERING COMPUTERS COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Drag - ✔✔Point to an item, hold the primary mouse button and move it to a desired
location on the screen, and then release the mouse button.(Move an object from one
location to another or draw pictures)
✔✔Hot spot - ✔✔a wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile
computers and devices
✔✔Hyperlink - ✔✔A built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web
page.
✔✔Information - ✔✔conveys meaning to users
✔✔Input - ✔✔Process the data according to specified rules.
✔✔Keyboard - ✔✔contains keys you press to enter data and instructions into a
computer or mobile device
✔✔Link - ✔✔allow you to obtain information in a nonlinear way.
✔✔Loads - ✔✔The program's instructions are copied from storage to memory.
✔✔Malware - ✔✔software that acts without a user's knowledge and deliberately alters
the computer's or mobile device's operations.
✔✔Mobile App - ✔✔application you download from a mobile device's app store or other
location on the Internet to a smartphone or other mobile device.
✔✔Mobile Computer - ✔✔A portable personal computer, designed so that a user can
carry it from a place to place.
, ✔✔Mobile User - ✔✔Includes any person who works with computers or mobile devices
while away from a main office, home, or school.
✔✔point - ✔✔Move the mouse until the pointer is positioned on the item of choice
✔✔power user - ✔✔User who requires the capabilities of a powerful computer
✔✔press and hold - ✔✔Touch gesture in which a user presses and holds one finger
until an action occurs.
✔✔printout - ✔✔printed version of a document, also called a hard copy
✔✔resources - ✔✔hardware, software, data, and information
✔✔right-click - ✔✔press and release the secondary mouse button, which usually is the
right mouse button
✔✔Scanner - ✔✔light-sensing input device that converts printed text and images into a
form the computer can process
✔✔slide - ✔✔Press and hold one finger to cause an action to occur, or until an action
occurs.
✔✔small/home office user - ✔✔Employees of companies with fewer than 50 employees
and the self-employed who work from home.
✔✔Smart TV - ✔✔Television containing an embedded computer that enables you to
browse the web, stream video from online media services, listen to Internet radio,
communicate with others on social media sites, play online games, and more - all while
watching a television show.
✔✔social networking site - ✔✔a website that enables people to communicate with
others with whom they have some common interest or connection
✔✔software developer - ✔✔someone who develops programs and apps or writes the
instructions that direct the computer or mobile device to process data into information
✔✔Solid State Drive (SSD) - ✔✔a storage device that typically uses flash memory to
store data, instructions, and information
✔✔source - ✔✔An original location of files
✔✔streaming - ✔✔A method of sending audio and video files over the Internet in such a
way that the user can view the file while it is being transferred.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Drag - ✔✔Point to an item, hold the primary mouse button and move it to a desired
location on the screen, and then release the mouse button.(Move an object from one
location to another or draw pictures)
✔✔Hot spot - ✔✔a wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile
computers and devices
✔✔Hyperlink - ✔✔A built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web
page.
✔✔Information - ✔✔conveys meaning to users
✔✔Input - ✔✔Process the data according to specified rules.
✔✔Keyboard - ✔✔contains keys you press to enter data and instructions into a
computer or mobile device
✔✔Link - ✔✔allow you to obtain information in a nonlinear way.
✔✔Loads - ✔✔The program's instructions are copied from storage to memory.
✔✔Malware - ✔✔software that acts without a user's knowledge and deliberately alters
the computer's or mobile device's operations.
✔✔Mobile App - ✔✔application you download from a mobile device's app store or other
location on the Internet to a smartphone or other mobile device.
✔✔Mobile Computer - ✔✔A portable personal computer, designed so that a user can
carry it from a place to place.
, ✔✔Mobile User - ✔✔Includes any person who works with computers or mobile devices
while away from a main office, home, or school.
✔✔point - ✔✔Move the mouse until the pointer is positioned on the item of choice
✔✔power user - ✔✔User who requires the capabilities of a powerful computer
✔✔press and hold - ✔✔Touch gesture in which a user presses and holds one finger
until an action occurs.
✔✔printout - ✔✔printed version of a document, also called a hard copy
✔✔resources - ✔✔hardware, software, data, and information
✔✔right-click - ✔✔press and release the secondary mouse button, which usually is the
right mouse button
✔✔Scanner - ✔✔light-sensing input device that converts printed text and images into a
form the computer can process
✔✔slide - ✔✔Press and hold one finger to cause an action to occur, or until an action
occurs.
✔✔small/home office user - ✔✔Employees of companies with fewer than 50 employees
and the self-employed who work from home.
✔✔Smart TV - ✔✔Television containing an embedded computer that enables you to
browse the web, stream video from online media services, listen to Internet radio,
communicate with others on social media sites, play online games, and more - all while
watching a television show.
✔✔social networking site - ✔✔a website that enables people to communicate with
others with whom they have some common interest or connection
✔✔software developer - ✔✔someone who develops programs and apps or writes the
instructions that direct the computer or mobile device to process data into information
✔✔Solid State Drive (SSD) - ✔✔a storage device that typically uses flash memory to
store data, instructions, and information
✔✔source - ✔✔An original location of files
✔✔streaming - ✔✔A method of sending audio and video files over the Internet in such a
way that the user can view the file while it is being transferred.
